I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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program. We are so
thankful that you have
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joined us. You
know what? You're a part
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of our family. You
saw on the wide shot-
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the jib shot-this is
part of our 3ABN family
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that's here with
you today, but we
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appreciate you
letting us come into your
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home as you do
every day. We want to say
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thank you for your
support of the ministry
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of 3ABN. We obviously
owe it all to the Lord
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Jesus Christ, but we
thank YOU because it's
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making a
difference in people's lives
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for eternity, which
I think is so exciting.
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It's hard to believe
that this year, 2018,
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it's almost done!
- It is. It's hard to
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believe. And at
the end of the year, we
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always like to pause
for a moment and look
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back; think back
about the lives that have
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been impacted, the
people that came to a
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knowledge of the Lord
Jesus Christ as a result
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of something they saw
or something they heard
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on 3ABN television
or 3ABN radio, so we
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want to share some of
those stories with you
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at home. The
stories are not because of
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anything that we
did; it's because of what
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the Lord Jesus
Christ does in and through
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the ministry of
3ABN, and because of you.
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You join hands
with us and you partner
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with us to help take
this gospel message to
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the world. So, we
have our family here,
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don't we? - We do.
And Mr. Danny, it's
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neat, too, that
you've seen the ministry of
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3ABN grow
through the years; you've
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seen tremendous
stories of how lives have been
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changed for
eternity. I know for you, it
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must be, I want to
say, humbling to be able to
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be used of God in
such a way... - Used in
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spite of ourselves.
God uses us in spite
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of us, but the
blessing is on the go, so any
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time we go
forward, you can know that
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God is going to
bless. - We thank you for
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joining us on this
program. This is kind
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of unusual. You
should be sitting here, you
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and Yvonne. - Oh, I'm
enjoying this. [laughter]
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We're enjoying this.
- But it's a blessing
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to have you on
today, and Dr. Yvonne. - You
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know, I get nervous
when I get on television
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and everything. -
Right. [laughter] - For some
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reason... Well, I'm
trying to figure that
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out. But we have a
great time. The 3ABN
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family is getting ready
to come on the air. We're
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just laughing,
having a great time together
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in the Lord, and it's
a blessing to fellowship
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one with another. -
Hope nobody's offended if
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we laugh a little bit here
today, right? I think Christians
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should be the
happiest, most excited people on
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planet Earth,
right? - And why is that?
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Why do you think we
should be the happiest?
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- Well, because
we've read the back of the
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Book. We know what
it says, and we win.
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Right? That sin is
gone forever. But since
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the blood of
Jesus Christ was shed on
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the cross of
Calvary, now there's hope
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for life everlasting
and we have something
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that people don't
have; but it's our
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responsibility and
privilege to share that
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good news to a lost
and dying world, and
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we couldn't do it
without you at home.
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So, thank you for
what you do. Especially
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here at the year
end, we have so many, you
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know, from
finances. This time of year is
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when we really depend
on- sometimes, the rest
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of the year's slow,
but November and December,
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we really depend on
the folk to really share
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(and their blessings
with 3ABN) so then we can
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continue to take
the gospel to the world.
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It's a privilege. It's
been 34 years. I wouldn't
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trade it.
Literally, now, for the first
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time, I spent a
little over half my life
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that I've been with
3ABN, and I wouldn't
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trade it. If I
could be anywhere, Jason
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and Francine, doing
what I wanted to do anywhere
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in the world, I'd be
right here doing what
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I'm doing. So, no
other options. I love
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working in ministry
for the Lord. - There's
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nothing like it.
It's so fulfilling. You
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know you're walking
in your divine purpose,
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and to me, there's
nothing better than
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that. - She can say
that better than most
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of us because, Kenny,
when you and I were driving
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nails, we'd turn on
the radio once in a while,
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and we'd be hearing
her sing with Whitney
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Houston or Luther
Vandross or hear her
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sing about ruffled
potato chips or getting
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gold records with
Sesame Street, and
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singing duets with
Kermit the Frog. It's not
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easy being bird's
blanket to little sheep,
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so if you ever watch
Sesame Street, that's
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her voice. She was
doing all of that, so
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for her to say, with
seven golden platinum
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records, "This is
the best thing I've ever
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done and this is what
matters"- in the world's
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view, people like
"What? You can't be
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serious," but you
are. - Oh, absolutely. It
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doesn't compare. But
think about it! Jesus,
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Ruffles potato chips.
[laughter] It really...
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I mean, you can't
even say it in the
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same sentence. But
to be able to know that
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we're being used to
impact the world for
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Jesus Christ- I mean
that, to me... That is
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so- it's humbling and
it's such a privilege,
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and it's a privilege
for all of us to work
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together with our
viewers to get the
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gospel to the world!
The world needs Jesus
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so desperately, and
we, through media...
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What's the best
way to get the message
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out to a lot of people
quickly? Media. - I know
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Greg and I love both
of you, and it's such
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a privilege to
serve under you and your
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leadership, Mr.
Danny and Yvonne, and your
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mentorship, and so
grateful to be part of
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the team here. I know
sitting next to you is
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Shelley and JD
Quinn (as we go around the
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table). JD, you're
pastoral department
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manager. - That's
exactly right. - And
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your beautiful
wife Shelley is program
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development manager
and producer. We just
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love both of you and
appreciate you so much.
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So glad you're here.
- Amen. - Ditto, ditto.
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Times a thousand. -
There you go. Us too.
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- What year did you
all come to 3ABN? - Well,
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the first time I was
on 3ABN was 2002, and
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then I was up
here 2003 and '4 doing
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a lot of
volunteering in programming, and
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then we moved here
January of 2005. But it's
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been 16 years. -
Praise the Lord. - Or 13.
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- Well, no; I'm talking about
6- - Oh, for you! That's right.
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Yeah! You're the
slowpoke. [laughter]
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- Thank you for
your years of dedication.
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- Absolutely. -
Amen. - Sitting next to you
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is Jason and
Francine Bergmann, our newest
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members at 3ABN. -
Yay! [everyone claps]
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- And we're so
glad to have both of you
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here. I know Jason- we
just want just a little
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of your story from
both of you as far as how
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you came here to
the ministry. Before we
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jump in on your story,
I just want to introduce
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on the other side of
the table so we don't
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leave Pastor Kenny
and Chris out. We have
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Pastor Kenny and
Chris Shelton, and we love
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both of you. We so
appreciate your ministry.
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I know you work
with Behold the Lamb
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Ministries, but you
work hand in hand with the
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ministry of 3ABN from
the very beginning, so
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thank you. - We
count it a real privilege.
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We've grown to love
each and everyone here.
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The work that goes
forward, just- it's
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mind-boggling to me
to see it, but I knew
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God's going to
finish this work; he's going
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to finish it rather
quickly. So, we need
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to be ready for
that wonderful day, and I
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think it's why we
sit around the table. We
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want to work
together, want to work with the
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folks at home, bring
things together so we
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can finish this
work and just go home.
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That's what it's
all about. - Amen. - So,
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before we all
share stories, we want to
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hear a little bit
of your journey coming
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to 3ABN. I know Jason,
you're our under treasurer
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here at 3ABN. Brian
Hamilton... We don't
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even like to think
about this, but he's
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been our CFO for
over 10 years and done an
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incredible job. Then
next spring, he's looking
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at retirement.
We won't say that- I
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didn't say that
word. [laughter] Anyways...
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But he's always
part of the 3ABN family,
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but Jason... - I have a
question- sorry. - We're
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looking at you
coming in and filling those
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shoes. - I have
a question for you.
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It says, "general
manager of 3ABN." Did you
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sign off on
Brian's approval to retire?
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[laughter] - We
didn't sign off on that, did
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we? - Well, Brian
wanted to make sure
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that we did. That's
why he looked around,
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and to behold all
the people that he could
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bring that would-
in to take his place so
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that we would sign
off on that. So, we've
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agreed. Once we
met Jason and Francine,
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we say thank the
Lord that he brought
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you all here. -
Well, Brian's done a great
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job-he and Diane
here at 3ABN. And it's an
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interesting
connection, because Brian is not
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someone new to you.
- No! - Brian Hamilton.
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That's kind of the
beginning of your story.
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- Yeah. Brian and
I worked together in
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Michigan about 23
years ago. We had a great
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time together at
the Michigan conference.
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That was my first
employment, working
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for the church. It
was a great time. He
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was a great mentor,
and I can still say that
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today! It's amazing
that after 23 years,
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here, Brian and I are
working together again,
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and it's just a
wonderful time to be working,
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specially with
3ABN and all of you. So,
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it's really a
blessing to be a part of this
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team and to be a part
of this ministry. - It's
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really unusual. I
shouldn't say this, so
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y'all can shut your
ears if you want. But
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it's really- I've
been in this a long time.
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It's really unusual
to see happy treasurers.
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[laughter] So, Brian
for 10 years, there's
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actually smiles;
sometimes, they look
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like undertakers
right in the middle of a
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service-financial
directors. You have
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that same
-Francine- you're happy people
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and you enjoy life
and you enjoy being
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a Christian and being
a part of the Adventist
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movement, and we're
so thankful for that.
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So, soon as we?
said, "Okay, that
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works good." Then
they said, "Oh, by the way,
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he's very qualified
to do the work, too."
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We said, "Well, that
matters, too." - Well,
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my goodness. If
we're not happy, that's-
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we have to be happy!
We got the great news
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of Jesus. So, you
know... It's a privilege to be
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a part of this
team and to be working
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with Brian again
and with a great team of
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treasury staff
that I work with. It's a
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blessing, so thank
you. - Thank you for being
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part of the team.
It's a privilege to have
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you. And Francine,
how about you? Tell
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us, maybe, how
you and Jason met. We
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always like to
hear from the ladies.
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Ladies remember all
the details of how you all
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met. - Okay, only
all the good things.
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[laughter] - So, we
were at Andrews University
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and we were working
in the administration
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building. He kept
wanting to talk to
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me and kept showing an
interest there. - Why not?
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- My grandparents were
on a trip, and I'm very
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close to my grandparents,
so I wanted to be sure
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my grandparents
approved. So, when they got
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back, they liked
Jason enough. He passed the
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test, so we were
able to hold hands. -?
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really thought that I
could hold hands. [laughter]
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- He was very patient
with me! - That's good.
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- It's been a
blessing. We have seen God's
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leading time and
time again and how we put
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God first and His
leading, and just the
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miracles that He
performs in our lives each day.
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- Amen. And you have
a beautiful daughter. I
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don't know if he
wants to talk about Amanda,
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but she's precious. -
Oh, I'll let you do that.
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- We have a little
daughter. Her name is
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Amanda. She's
just turned 9, and she
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loves to read,
loves Jesus, loves all the
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religious books, and
is reading to us worship
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now, and is just on
fire for Christ. She
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is a prime example
of sharing who God is.
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Even with little
donations that she
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gives out of her
food and whatnot, she is
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already living who
Christ is. - You know,
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it's amazing... -
It's nice to see that.
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- What's amazing
about Amanda is she loves
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to give. I saw
her just last week. We
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just celebrated
Francine's birthday, and Amanda
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came to me and she
said, "What am I going
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to give Mommy?"
So, she found something
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that she had that
she had bought with her
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own money. So, she
wrapped it up and she
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gave it to
Francine, and she said, "This
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is from me." - The
reason we brought this
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up is because even
when she was 3 years
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old and she would
get birthday money, she
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would go buy something
for, like, the homeless
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people or somebody on
the street, or I'd buy
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her a Subway sandwich
and she'd give it there,
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then I had no food
to give her. That comes
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back to being an
example already at
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that age. It puts
us to shame, sometimes,
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because I feel
like, "Wait, now what am
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I going to give
you?" You know? She just
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gives freely. - Amen.
- It's sharing Christ,
00:14:03.34\00:14:07.64
again. - That's
precious. I'm thinking about
00:14:07.71\00:14:11.21
those that give
to 3ABN that's making
00:14:11.28\00:14:13.42
this gospel go
through satellite, through the
00:14:13.52\00:14:15.45
internet...
Many sacrifices these
00:14:15.52\00:14:17.29
people go through
to give money to 3ABN.
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I'm thinking
about something that you
00:14:19.35\00:14:20.69
just received in the
mail from someone that gave
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$1 and that's all that
they were able to give,
00:14:23.99\00:14:27.66
but do you know
what? I believe that God's
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going to multiply and
is multiplying that one
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dollar. So, little is
much when God is in it.
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God is in this
ministry. The money that you
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give, it's going for a
great cause. - Remember,
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that's how our church
school started-with $1
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offering, right? -
That's right. And look where
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it is now. And Amanda,
their daughter, attends
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that school, too, besides
the other kids. - Absolutely.
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- Stories like
that, when you hear about
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people giving sacrificially...
That's the reason that
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we are so cautious
with every penny around
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here is because we
know that this money
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is coming in from
those many times who are
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giving
sacrificially. And we know what
00:15:07.07\00:15:08.94
belongs to God, so
that's, to me- it's
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always such a
blessing to hear stories like
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that, 'cause it's kind
of like it just reminds
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you how cautious we
need to be. - That's
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what we wanted
to talk about today.
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- I think it was
about 18 years ago, maybe or
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so, that we had a board
meeting. But first is we
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were home that
weekend, and about 4 in the
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morning- now,
Kenny, he's an early riser.
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If you look up-
wake up 4, his lights are
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on over there.
Mine's just gone to bed, you
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know, for very
long. I'm closer to going
00:15:36.33\00:15:38.93
to bed than he is
getting up. I woke
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up about 4 in
the morning with this
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impression on a
Sabbath morning that we need
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to build a Christian
school here-an Adventist
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school. I didn't
want anything to do with
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it. I'm like,
"This has to be me, but
00:15:52.85\00:15:55.68
why am I waking
up 4 in the morning?"
00:15:55.75\00:15:57.09
'cause that's the last
thing- we've got television,
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we're building studios,
we're going into Russia,
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we're going all
around the world... I mean,
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we don't have any
money. We never- I
00:16:05.43\00:16:07.46
mean, we literally
have no money in the bank.
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We can't do a school.
I tried to put it off,
00:16:09.40\00:16:12.03
and I stayed awake
till 8. It was time to
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get ready to go to
church, and it's like
00:16:15.20\00:16:16.54
I couldn't get it
off my mind. So, sitting
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in church, I
thought about it, 'cause we
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have a lot of
young workers, and their
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kids were having to
go to public school,
00:16:23.38\00:16:25.05
and some could
homeschool. But if they worked
00:16:25.15\00:16:27.48
here-some of
the mothers did-they
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weren't able to. So,
I said, "Well, you know,
00:16:29.25\00:16:32.29
I know, but God
didn't call us"- I was saying
00:16:32.35\00:16:34.52
to myself, Jason,
"He didn't call us to be
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educators. He called us
in school but to educate
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the gospel," and blah
blah blah. So that evening,
00:16:40.83\00:16:44.13
they have church
board meeting and I have to
00:16:45.03\00:16:46.87
attend. I admit, I
don't go to a lot of
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board meetings. I
make enough decisions, you
00:16:49.10\00:16:51.87
know? I have to
make enough there, so I
00:16:51.97\00:16:53.88
like- business
meeting, I should say. So, I'll
00:16:53.94\00:16:56.75
let the church
make their own decisions
00:16:56.88\00:16:58.68
about things. But
this evening, I stayed. So,
00:16:58.78\00:17:03.02
Dee Hilderbrand got
up. She's the treasurer.
00:17:03.08\00:17:05.35
She said, "We have
several items of business,
00:17:05.42\00:17:07.59
but the first one is
that we need to transfer.
00:17:07.66\00:17:11.33
Someone just put in
one dollar, donated,
00:17:11.39\00:17:15.26
and said to build
a church school. This
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is to build a church
school." So, the closest
00:17:17.50\00:17:20.67
one was down in
Marion (which is 30 minutes
00:17:20.74\00:17:22.67
away). She said, "So,
somebody needs to just
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vote, and let's say
we'll send this money
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to Marion." So,
they started to. Then Ron
00:17:29.04\00:17:31.91
Hoag, who is a guy
who- former Pentecostal
00:17:31.98\00:17:36.05
that loved the
Lord. Everybody knew Ron.
00:17:36.12\00:17:39.52
He was excited
about everything. He loved
00:17:39.59\00:17:42.26
the Lord, loved everything;
great guy. So, he said,
00:17:42.32\00:17:45.83
"Just a second, sister,"
raised his hand. "Before
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there's a vote...
Well, if somebody gave 3ABN
00:17:48.73\00:17:52.53
a dollar to start
a church school," the
00:17:53.27\00:17:56.77
Lord impressed
him, "why would you give
00:17:56.87\00:17:58.31
that away? Why not
build a church school?" Then
00:17:58.37\00:18:01.01
my mind was like,
"Oh, no." [laughter] All
00:18:01.11\00:18:04.38
day, I had been
fighting this one. People
00:18:04.48\00:18:09.25
kind of laughed, so I
kind of raised my hand.
00:18:09.32\00:18:12.22
I said, "Well, why
don't we table this for
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just a little bit
and let's come back in a
00:18:14.89\00:18:19.96
week or two and
we'll talk about it. Maybe
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don't do anything
with it." So, that was
00:18:21.73\00:18:23.83
Saturday night.
By Sunday, I had the
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plans drawn. What
you see now, the school
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and the classrooms and
all of that, by Monday,
00:18:28.70\00:18:31.57
I had called
Miller construction into
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Thompsonville. So,
I said, "I need a bid
00:18:34.48\00:18:38.01
just to get the
shell." "We build around here
00:18:38.08\00:18:41.35
like Eden Elephant- they
say, "one bite at a time." We
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don't do big
stuff or get too big of-
00:18:44.25\00:18:46.89
so you take it. And
I said, "Well, if we
00:18:46.96\00:18:48.72
could just get
this thing enclosed, get
00:18:48.82\00:18:50.83
the sides up and the
roof and all that and
00:18:50.93\00:18:53.83
windows and doors,
we can work on it over
00:18:53.90\00:18:56.06
the winter." But
in order to do that, I
00:18:56.13\00:18:58.93
thought a very
reasonable price was around, I
00:18:59.00\00:19:01.74
think it was,
$75,200 or something just to
00:19:01.84\00:19:05.57
shell this building
up. We had no money. Well,
00:19:05.64\00:19:08.04
we had
$1-right?- to put the school
00:19:08.11\00:19:10.28
together. That's all
we had. So, now, this
00:19:10.35\00:19:13.05
happened. By about
Wednesday, there was
00:19:13.11\00:19:15.82
a man who came
here- his name is Kennedy
00:19:15.92\00:19:17.99
(not one of the
wealthy Kennedys)-but he had
00:19:18.05\00:19:20.52
a motorhome, and he
had actually come maybe on
00:19:20.59\00:19:24.33
Monday or Tuesday and
he had several big sacks
00:19:24.39\00:19:26.80
of silver coins
that he gave us that were
00:19:26.90\00:19:29.50
worth about
$33,000. So, wow! We put that
00:19:29.56\00:19:34.60
out and were so
thankful to get it. Well, now,
00:19:34.70\00:19:37.47
Friday, by the same
week, by Friday, he's gone
00:19:37.57\00:19:41.01
two days and they
get a check in the mail.
00:19:41.08\00:19:43.45
This check in the
mail was $75,000. So, I
00:19:43.55\00:19:49.45
called him. Now, on
Thursday, I had called
00:19:49.55\00:19:53.46
Miller Rodney and I'd
say, "Rodney, can you...
00:19:53.52\00:19:55.62
I'm going to need
to a figure pretty"-
00:19:55.72\00:19:57.63
I'm talking I have no
money but have a dollar,
00:19:57.69\00:19:59.56
right? So he put a
figure pretty quickly
00:19:59.63\00:20:01.66
how to get this
fixed. We didn't want to
00:20:01.76\00:20:03.67
let any grass
grow under our feet, so
00:20:03.73\00:20:05.87
we said, "Can you
give me a bid on this?" So
00:20:05.93\00:20:09.00
he said, "Yeah, I
think we can do it."
00:20:09.10\00:20:10.64
It was 75,200 and some
odd dollars." So now on
00:20:10.71\00:20:15.14
Friday, we get this
check in the mail for
00:20:15.21\00:20:18.11
$75,000. Well, it's
not specified for school.
00:20:18.21\00:20:21.35
We have other needs,
so I'm still like, "Well,
00:20:21.42\00:20:24.82
if the Lord wants
it, He'll have to provide
00:20:24.85\00:20:26.69
but we got other things
we need to pay for right
00:20:26.76\00:20:29.52
now." So, what
happens is is then, I call Mr.
00:20:29.56\00:20:34.10
Kennedy in Tennessee
and I say, "Mr. Kennedy,
00:20:34.16\00:20:37.13
you sent a check for
$75,000," and he's the
00:20:37.17\00:20:40.44
one who'd sent
this money. Well, what I
00:20:40.50\00:20:43.41
found out that- he
and his brother lived
00:20:43.47\00:20:46.04
in little trailers,
little campers, on top of a
00:20:46.07\00:20:49.74
mountain there in
Tennessee, and in the
00:20:49.78\00:20:52.35
winter, they had a
pole barn. They'd move
00:20:52.41\00:20:53.88
them in there just
to keep- and they really
00:20:53.92\00:20:56.35
were very frugal and
lived very simply. But
00:20:56.42\00:20:59.92
I said-we get
this check for $75,000-
00:20:59.95\00:21:03.26
and I said,
"You didn't specify."
00:21:03.32\00:21:04.86
Usually, if
someone gives you 75,000,
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.66
they'll specify,
"I'd like this to go to
00:21:07.73\00:21:09.96
this or that." So I
said, "Where would you
00:21:10.03\00:21:12.37
like this money to
go?" And he said, "Oh, I
00:21:12.43\00:21:15.50
don't really
care." Very humble man. He
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.91
said, "Just
wherever you need it most."
00:21:17.97\00:21:19.74
I said, "Well, do you
have anything in mind?"
00:21:19.77\00:21:22.91
He said, "Well... You
know, just whatever you
00:21:22.94\00:21:26.35
want." I said, "I
hear your heart. Your words
00:21:26.41\00:21:30.32
are saying one
thing, Mr. Kennedy, but your
00:21:30.39\00:21:32.92
heart is saying something
else." And he said, "Well,
00:21:32.95\00:21:36.73
to tell you the
truth, my wife was a school
00:21:36.79\00:21:39.29
teacher." [Wow.]
And he said she passed
00:21:39.39\00:21:42.06
away, and this is
her money. He said, "I'd
00:21:42.13\00:21:46.37
love for it to go to
a school but I know you
00:21:46.43\00:21:48.40
don't have one. So,
just put it wherever
00:21:48.44\00:21:51.57
you need it." I
said, "No, we do have a
00:21:51.67\00:21:53.24
school. Just this
week!" We got the bid, so
00:21:53.31\00:21:56.95
I called up brother
Miller. He was 75,000
00:21:57.01\00:22:01.05
whatever and I
said, "The Lord supplies
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.98
all your needs. I
can't give you more than
00:22:03.05\00:22:05.02
$75,000. I'm keeping
the dollar, so we want
00:22:05.05\00:22:08.22
to keep that. So,
if you'll come down to
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.29
this price, we'll
let"- and we did. They put
00:22:10.36\00:22:12.66
the shell up. We
ended up putting, I think,
00:22:12.69\00:22:15.80
$450,000 or close to
half a million. I don't
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.33
think we ever went
on the air and asked for
00:22:18.40\00:22:19.93
funds, 'cause while it
was being built, somebody
00:22:19.97\00:22:22.94
came by and said,
"What are you building?"
00:22:23.00\00:22:24.61
"A school." They
left $25,000. Somebody
00:22:24.67\00:22:27.31
else left $10,000,
and the school was built.
00:22:27.38\00:22:30.05
Now for about 18
years or so, we've
00:22:30.08\00:22:32.48
been having church
school over there all
00:22:32.55\00:22:35.32
from one dollar. So
Greg, I'm looking for
00:22:35.38\00:22:37.19
big things in this one
dollar. - That this lady
00:22:37.25\00:22:41.66
sent in. Yeah, very
precious. - Could I add
00:22:41.72\00:22:43.63
just one thing to
that? As you were talking, I
00:22:43.73\00:22:46.06
was thinking, "Look
at how many of our crew
00:22:46.09\00:22:49.40
went to that
school!" We're graduating kids
00:22:49.46\00:22:53.17
from that kids who
are working here! It's
00:22:53.23\00:22:55.94
wonderful. - Oh,
God is good, isn't He?
00:22:56.04\00:22:58.21
- He is, yes. - I love
to hear stories, 'cause
00:22:58.27\00:23:01.04
they encourage our
faith. You know? You
00:23:01.11\00:23:02.84
see what God has done
with this ministry. We
00:23:02.94\00:23:05.88
could sit for hours
and listen to stories
00:23:05.98\00:23:07.88
from you, Mr.
Danny. I know sometimes, we
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.48
have EXCOMM
meetings and you'll share a
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.92
miracle of what
God's done, and it builds
00:23:10.95\00:23:13.86
my faith to hear
what God is doing! Does
00:23:13.96\00:23:17.46
anyone else have a
story that they want to
00:23:17.56\00:23:19.09
share of a changed
life? - I'd like... - JD.
00:23:19.19\00:23:22.53
- Let's talk
about growth. Well, my
00:23:22.56\00:23:24.57
goodness. This came
in one day. Now, you
00:23:24.63\00:23:29.27
may say, "Well,
3ABN's of large ministry."
00:23:29.30\00:23:31.71
- That's a stack of
letters. - This is a
00:23:31.77\00:23:33.48
stack of letters
from prison in one day.
00:23:33.54\00:23:40.12
- Wow. - So, we started with-I
00:23:40.18\00:23:46.62
remember-with our
little precious Grace Yost.
00:23:46.65\00:23:48.72
A prisoner wrote
in and says, "I love
00:23:48.79\00:23:53.46
watching y'all on
3ABN." She handwrote him back,
00:23:53.53\00:23:57.10
and now it's grown to
thousands. Last month-
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.64
most of you are
familiar with the Remnant
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.27
Study Bible?-last
month, we gave out, due to
00:24:03.34\00:24:08.51
your giving, 741 Bibles,
one month. Just to prisoners.
00:24:08.58\00:24:16.82
And each one of
them have to write in and
00:24:16.89\00:24:20.02
individually request it. We
don't just send them out. "Here,
00:24:20.09\00:24:23.32
here's 40 Bibles
for your"- each person
00:24:23.43\00:24:26.83
has- could I just
take 30 seconds here?
00:24:26.90\00:24:29.63
- Please. - This is
typical. "My name is
00:24:29.66\00:24:32.20
such and such. I am
writing this letter to
00:24:32.27\00:24:34.17
tell you thank you
for sending me the Remnant
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.20
Study Bible and the 27
lessons of Bible studies.
00:24:36.24\00:24:39.57
I have read out of the
Bible you sent every day
00:24:39.64\00:24:43.65
since I received
it and am growing from
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.31
my time in its
truth. Thank you so much for
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.85
making them available
to those of us who are
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.09
incarcerated. I thank
God for your ministry."
00:24:51.15\00:24:53.92
"I have really enjoyed the
study course," and I mean...
00:24:53.99\00:24:56.96
Each one of these is a
request or a thank-you.
00:24:57.63\00:25:01.50
- A soul. - And it's
a soul. That's exactly
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.97
right. And this is
coming from all around
00:25:04.03\00:25:05.87
the United
States. Florida, Georgia,
00:25:05.97\00:25:09.07
Arizona, Kentucky,
Illinois, Oklahoma,
00:25:09.10\00:25:13.88
Texas, Wisconsin,
etc. and etc. and etc.
00:25:13.98\00:25:18.91
I mean, it's just
absolutely amazing.
00:25:18.98\00:25:21.62
And 3ABN is in
most of these presents.
00:25:21.68\00:25:25.19
- There are dozens
or even hundreds. The
00:25:25.29\00:25:27.86
most striking one
was, a few years ago, then,
00:25:27.96\00:25:31.49
President Obama
visited Guantanamo Bay where
00:25:31.59\00:25:37.63
they kept the
prisoners, you know, a lot of
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.37
those from 9/11.
And Reuters did a news
00:25:39.40\00:25:42.90
thing that went
around the world. And on the
00:25:42.97\00:25:46.27
news, when
President Obama was visiting a
00:25:46.34\00:25:48.84
cell or what it was
like, you saw it, but
00:25:48.91\00:25:52.41
up in the corner, you
saw a television screen
00:25:52.51\00:25:55.42
and it was CA
Murray and myself and 3ABN.
00:25:55.48\00:25:58.22
It said, "CA
Murray," and we're like, "We
00:25:58.29\00:26:00.36
didn't know we
were in Guantanamo Bay.
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.36
We said, "Praise
the Lord!" Then I said,
00:26:02.42\00:26:04.06
"Wait a minute,
these guys may get out."
00:26:04.13\00:26:05.73
[laughter] No, no,
no. Praise the Lord! So,
00:26:05.79\00:26:09.06
it's amazing. We
don't know where we are,
00:26:09.16\00:26:13.13
but we know we're
in many, many prisons.
00:26:13.17\00:26:14.90
- Amen. But I know
that there's thousands
00:26:14.97\00:26:17.41
and thousands of
people out there that have
00:26:17.51\00:26:19.37
souls that make
up the time to really
00:26:19.44\00:26:21.11
study, and they
really are students. This
00:26:21.18\00:26:24.68
is because of
your giving! Because as
00:26:24.75\00:26:28.48
long as the funds come
in, we go out; but we're
00:26:28.55\00:26:32.49
so dependent upon
you. Thank you so much.
00:26:32.59\00:26:34.66
I mean, it just
touches your heart. - Thank you
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.03
for what you do, JD.
- You know, the Lord-
00:26:37.13\00:26:40.43
it's so funny,
because the Lord laid on my
00:26:40.53\00:26:42.43
heart to bring a letter
from an inmate, as well.
00:26:42.50\00:26:46.43
There are so many
people who are just...
00:26:46.53\00:26:50.54
They're languishing in
prison. A lot of times,
00:26:50.64\00:26:53.94
their families
have just kind of said,
00:26:54.01\00:26:57.21
"I can't deal with
you anymore." They have
00:26:57.28\00:26:59.35
no one to visit; they
have no one that cares.
00:26:59.41\00:27:02.68
And when they receive
any kind of correspondence
00:27:02.78\00:27:05.49
from someone, it's
so special to them. It
00:27:05.55\00:27:09.32
makes such a
difference to them, because it's
00:27:09.39\00:27:11.26
reaching out. Then,
it's the Word of God.
00:27:11.33\00:27:13.50
So when they have the
Word of God, just like
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.16
JD was saying,
it's- if- well, one of the
00:27:16.20\00:27:21.47
prison ministries
guys said, "You're either
00:27:21.54\00:27:24.04
going to give prisoners
Christ or crime." They're
00:27:24.07\00:27:27.24
either going to have
Christ or crime. Let's
00:27:27.31\00:27:29.21
give them Christ! We
are giving them Christ.
00:27:29.28\00:27:31.55
So, I just wanted to
share a little bit of
00:27:31.61\00:27:33.52
this letter from one
of the inmates. I'll show
00:27:33.62\00:27:39.29
that picture in a
minute. I'm not going to read
00:27:39.35\00:27:42.12
the whole thing, obviously,
'cause it's kind of long,
00:27:42.19\00:27:44.23
but... He said, "I
was blessed with the
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.80
opportunity to
participate in the
00:27:46.86\00:27:48.70
recording of 3ABN
season 3 installment of
00:27:48.76\00:27:52.03
"Free Indeed,"
produced by Pastor CA Murray
00:27:52.07\00:27:55.37
and co-produced by
Brad Walker. He said, "At
00:27:55.44\00:27:59.81
the time of the recording,
season 3: "Free Indeed,"
00:27:59.87\00:28:02.64
I was a member of
the Pendleton Correction
00:28:02.71\00:28:04.78
Facility praise and
worship team. When I
00:28:04.88\00:28:07.95
was at Pendleton,
all I watched was 3ABN,
00:28:08.05\00:28:12.49
3ABN Proclaim, and
Dare to Dream Network,
00:28:12.55\00:28:15.46
so I can honestly say
I miss you all-especially
00:28:15.52\00:28:19.09
Dare to Dream Network.
Hands down, my favorite
00:28:19.16\00:28:21.16
show was Magnify
Him." How talented! - Oh,
00:28:21.26\00:28:25.80
she's pretty. Who's
this? - That's when my
00:28:25.90\00:28:30.04
hair was a little
lighter. - Aww! - That just
00:28:30.11\00:28:36.18
shows some of the
talent that these...
00:28:36.24\00:28:39.88
Yeah! They do a
wonderful job. It's
00:28:39.95\00:28:44.29
when we find out how
much our programs are
00:28:44.35\00:28:49.52
benefiting them-
again, they have nothing. One
00:28:49.59\00:28:52.19
of the things we want
to do is to get enough
00:28:52.29\00:28:55.66
funds to have hard drives
that are loaded with 3ABN,
00:28:55.73\00:29:00.64
Dare to Dream, and
then they can play in the
00:29:00.74\00:29:03.84
prisons, because they
don't really don't have
00:29:03.91\00:29:05.67
internet
sometimes or internet that's
00:29:05.74\00:29:08.28
available to
everyone, but if we have hard
00:29:08.34\00:29:10.95
drives, they can run
in... - The computers,
00:29:11.01\00:29:13.25
the hard drives,
that you can put all this
00:29:13.31\00:29:15.28
program in and pipe
it into all in one. - And
00:29:15.32\00:29:18.39
they can watch and
they can learn about Jesus,
00:29:18.45\00:29:21.42
and they can have
that lifeline that they're
00:29:21.52\00:29:25.36
so desperate for.
So, I think that God has
00:29:25.43\00:29:28.76
given us the
privilege and the opportunity
00:29:28.83\00:29:31.13
to do these hard
drives, and we need
00:29:31.20\00:29:33.74
your help in
providing them. We can send
00:29:33.84\00:29:36.24
them to 50
different facilities, and they
00:29:36.30\00:29:39.17
have hours and hours
of programming. So, it
00:29:39.27\00:29:42.28
would really make a
huge difference. - Amen.
00:29:42.34\00:29:44.28
- We met some people
at camp meeting. There's
00:29:44.35\00:29:47.38
one from Tennessee,
one from Arkansas, and
00:29:47.48\00:29:51.25
one from Oklahoma
who came up and talked
00:29:51.32\00:29:53.42
about people coming
out of the prisons and
00:29:53.46\00:29:55.72
now being very active
in their churches, even
00:29:55.82\00:29:58.19
serving as deacons.
But it's not just those
00:29:58.29\00:30:02.26
who are behind bars,
who are in prisons, and we
00:30:02.36\00:30:06.17
see so often- I'm
just so thrilled with the
00:30:06.27\00:30:10.91
number of reports. I
mean, of course, every
00:30:11.01\00:30:13.34
night on the way
home from work, we're
00:30:13.38\00:30:15.04
talking about, "Well,
what did you hear today?"
00:30:15.11\00:30:17.15
And people are calling
and looking for Adventist
00:30:17.25\00:30:20.68
ministries. We hear
reports constantly, and
00:30:20.75\00:30:24.72
locally. Not only
3ABN TV, but 3ABN radio
00:30:24.79\00:30:29.66
is doing- I mean, the
pastor, the local Marion
00:30:29.72\00:30:33.43
pastor is constantly
texting me and saying,
00:30:33.50\00:30:37.53
"I've got another
one who walked in off the
00:30:37.57\00:30:40.84
street been listening
to 3ABN radio!" He's been
00:30:40.94\00:30:43.10
baptizing people
left and right. But I just
00:30:43.17\00:30:46.88
wanted to share with
you for just a second, if
00:30:46.94\00:30:49.38
I may, a quick recap
of- you know, when you
00:30:49.44\00:30:53.55
send money to 3ABN,
of course, our whole
00:30:53.62\00:30:58.02
purpose is to have
Christ in our programming.
00:30:58.09\00:31:01.32
We want to open
people's eyes and turn them from
00:31:01.39\00:31:05.96
darkness to light,
from the power of Satan to
00:31:05.99\00:31:08.66
God, so that they can
receive forgiveness of
00:31:08.76\00:31:11.07
sins and an
inheritance among those who are
00:31:11.13\00:31:14.54
sanctified by faith
in Jesus (that's Acts
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.51
26:18). But I wanted
to let you know just a
00:31:17.61\00:31:22.38
quick list of the
new programs that we
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.91
produced this year:
Ancient Discoveries with
00:31:25.01\00:31:28.52
Mark Finley, that's
a Revelation, Daniel:
00:31:28.58\00:31:31.05
All Access with CA,
Intimate Clarity with
00:31:31.15\00:31:34.42
Jennifer Jill and
your Jason Bradley, Raw
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.99
Questions:
Relevant Answers, which is a
00:31:38.06\00:31:40.00
wonderful program.
Oh, this is- and this
00:31:40.03\00:31:42.96
is for young people.
It's Dee Casper, Mark
00:31:43.06\00:31:45.30
Paden, and
Michelle Doucoumes, and it's
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.70
for people- I would
say the target audience
00:31:47.80\00:31:51.31
18-30, but people of
all ages are loving it.
00:31:51.37\00:31:54.81
Pathway to Life,
which was our Phoenix
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.65
evangelism, but the
Three Angels' Message
00:31:57.71\00:32:01.18
camp meeting... We
did all those sermons.
00:32:01.25\00:32:04.95
You would not
believe how many people have
00:32:04.99\00:32:10.23
come into the
church because of that! And
00:32:10.29\00:32:12.53
I had someone come
up at fall camp meeting-
00:32:12.63\00:32:15.33
had said, "We just
want to thank you, because
00:32:15.43\00:32:18.43
we gave a copy of
your sermon"- and I'm not
00:32:18.53\00:32:22.07
trying to pat- this
is God's truth- "of your
00:32:22.14\00:32:25.17
sermon, which was on
God's wrath, but it was
00:32:25.24\00:32:29.98
that wrath is-
that everything, God's
00:32:30.08\00:32:33.82
essence is love, so
all of His characteristics
00:32:33.88\00:32:39.09
have to be love."
But it was talking about
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.32
what happens when you
die, and this lady that'd
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.49
been trying to
get her to even study
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.00
Adventist
material- she wouldn't have
00:32:47.10\00:32:48.90
anything to do with
it- she saw that message
00:32:48.96\00:32:52.53
and she said, "I want
to come into the Adventist
00:32:52.63\00:32:55.60
church, 'cause this is
the first time I've seen
00:32:55.67\00:32:57.97
the true character
of God." So, we don't
00:32:58.04\00:33:00.74
realize- and then we
did Covenant Identity
00:33:00.78\00:33:03.51
with Ty Gibson, and
of course, one of the
00:33:03.58\00:33:07.02
top programs is the
Sabbath school panels
00:33:07.12\00:33:10.95
that we did those
four quarters. But listen
00:33:10.99\00:33:13.15
what we've got! I
get so excited about
00:33:13.22\00:33:19.19
programming, and I
just want to thank you
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.33
because this is what
we're in business for-
00:33:21.36\00:33:24.33
to produce
these programs and you
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.84
partner with us.
Every time you send even
00:33:26.94\00:33:29.30
that one dollar,
we've got Life After Choice,
00:33:29.37\00:33:32.71
which is a series of
testimonies of people
00:33:32.81\00:33:37.11
who've been through
abortion, and it's a
00:33:37.18\00:33:40.02
redemptive post-abortion-
some of them found God
00:33:40.12\00:33:46.15
before, but it's an
incredible series. The
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.82
Creator Revealed, which
is going to be dynamite!
00:33:48.89\00:33:54.10
I know Life After
Choice starts in January-
00:33:54.16\00:33:56.50
Creator Revealed
probably February-but this is on
00:33:56.56\00:33:59.17
creation science.
I guarantee you; if
00:33:59.23\00:34:01.64
anybody can listen
to this evidence and not
00:34:01.70\00:34:05.67
believe in the Creator
God, that's impossible.
00:34:05.77\00:34:08.14
The Sabbath school
panel, of course, Secrets
00:34:08.24\00:34:10.05
to Wellness with?
Finley, a Revelation
00:34:10.15\00:34:13.11
series with Jay
Gallimore, a Sanctuary
00:34:13.18\00:34:16.18
series with David
Shin, and then we're going
00:34:16.25\00:34:19.52
to do another
couple of seasons of Raw
00:34:19.62\00:34:21.46
Questions:
Relevant Answers. Our spring
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.56
camp meeting is going to
be on the Ten Commandments!
00:34:23.66\00:34:26.29
Then we're also
working on an evangelistic
00:34:26.39\00:34:28.86
series, a new
medical program, and another
00:34:28.93\00:34:32.43
one of having an
intimate relationship
00:34:32.50\00:34:35.17
with the Lord; but all
of this is only possible
00:34:35.30\00:34:39.61
because you
partner with us, or none of
00:34:39.67\00:34:44.41
this would be
going around the world,
00:34:44.48\00:34:46.45
touching thousands of
people and bringing them
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.82
to Christ. - You know
what, when you're talking
00:34:48.92\00:34:50.75
about that, that's
exciting, but I think
00:34:50.82\00:34:54.02
we need to reprogram
our minds in this sense.
00:34:54.06\00:34:59.09
Love all the programs,
and like I said, we have
00:34:59.16\00:35:00.90
to partner with
people. But reprogram our
00:35:00.96\00:35:03.53
minds to the
point, every time, is what
00:35:03.60\00:35:06.13
people will say,
"Money, money, money." To us
00:35:06.20\00:35:10.07
who are here, we say,
"Souls, souls, souls."
00:35:10.11\00:35:14.04
I don't think in
terms of money, how much
00:35:14.11\00:35:17.11
money, but I'm
thinking about that which is
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.95
necessary to get the
job done. And when you
00:35:19.01\00:35:21.75
partner up with people
who are giving, when you
00:35:21.82\00:35:24.45
see it come in, I
know as you pray over it
00:35:24.52\00:35:26.76
and ask God's blessing
to really let it go out
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.99
there, really let us
expand and do us for-
00:35:30.06\00:35:31.76
every time someone
said, "Brother Danny
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.96
say," or somebody
come in, say, "So and
00:35:34.03\00:35:35.66
so"- not so and so
to give the name, but,
00:35:35.73\00:35:37.53
"a big gift came in."
And my mind goes right
00:35:37.60\00:35:40.10
there-souls.
[Amen!] So why don't we, as
00:35:40.17\00:35:42.90
God's people, quit
thinking and saying,
00:35:42.94\00:35:44.47
"Oh, here, they're
talking about money,
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
money, money." No!
We're talking about
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.28
souls, souls, souls.
Reprogram. - But what
00:35:47.31\00:35:50.05
people love, they're
going to support. And
00:35:50.08\00:35:52.65
if they love
these messages- and you
00:35:52.71\00:35:54.88
know, we used to,
when we were young,
00:35:54.92\00:35:56.79
we would go into
civics center or have
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.35
tent revivals. You
really can't do that
00:35:59.42\00:36:01.39
anymore! And
this message goes into
00:36:01.46\00:36:04.09
private homes, and
it goes into places it's
00:36:04.16\00:36:07.20
not even, really,
supposed to be able
00:36:07.26\00:36:09.60
to go into. But what
people love, they will
00:36:09.66\00:36:13.34
support. And if they
love souls... This is
00:36:13.37\00:36:16.04
a wonderful,
wonderful message. You mentioned
00:36:16.10\00:36:18.87
so many people had
come in because of the three
00:36:18.94\00:36:21.21
angels' message,
and really, that's, when
00:36:21.28\00:36:23.85
we're out doing
evangelism, that's when we see
00:36:23.88\00:36:26.28
the most miracles.
God is really in that
00:36:26.31\00:36:29.08
message, and that's
what 3ABN is all about.
00:36:29.18\00:36:32.35
So, if you love
souls, you will support it,
00:36:32.42\00:36:35.76
and you'll
continue to see these. I was
00:36:35.82\00:36:38.09
thinking when we were
in Georgia a few years
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.76
back, there was a
man at the door (we were
00:36:39.83\00:36:42.70
saying goodbye to
everybody), and he
00:36:42.76\00:36:44.60
came. He said, "I
just want you to know
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.90
I watch your
program every day!" And it
00:36:46.97\00:36:50.81
was like, at 1
o'clock in the afternoon.
00:36:50.84\00:36:52.94
We've never been
on every day. I said,
00:36:52.97\00:36:56.24
"Well, we must be
talking about- maybe
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.71
you're switching
between networks. You know,
00:36:58.78\00:37:00.32
Proclaim and Dare to
Dream..." "No, no, no!
00:37:00.38\00:37:02.85
I don't even know
about those. I don't
00:37:02.88\00:37:04.62
have those. I have
been out of the church
00:37:04.65\00:37:07.06
for so long, and
I've seen your program on
00:37:07.09\00:37:10.29
3ABN, and I'm
back in." [Amen.] There
00:37:10.36\00:37:14.80
was a lady we met
just a few years ago, too,
00:37:14.86\00:37:17.57
in New York, and she had
been crippled; she'd been
00:37:17.63\00:37:20.64
handicapped, 'cause
she had been hit by a
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.10
car. She and her
husband have been going through
00:37:22.14\00:37:25.01
this horrible relationship.
She was living on one
00:37:25.07\00:37:27.91
side of the house;
he was on the other side
00:37:27.94\00:37:30.31
of the house. And
one day, she was just
00:37:30.35\00:37:32.58
weeping and crying.
She had lost her physical
00:37:32.65\00:37:35.75
ability to walk and
she was just face down
00:37:35.82\00:37:39.45
on the floor and
she was saying, "Lord, I
00:37:39.52\00:37:41.52
don't know. I need
direction." She was
00:37:41.62\00:37:45.03
questioning her
faith, she was questioning
00:37:45.09\00:37:46.86
her relationship
with God... She was going
00:37:46.96\00:37:49.93
to listen to a DVD.
So after she had been
00:37:50.03\00:37:53.13
crying and praying,
she turned on her TV.
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.50
She didn't have any
type of dish, she didn't have
00:37:55.60\00:38:00.94
Dish Network, she had
nothing, the signal was
00:38:01.04\00:38:04.61
not supposed to go in
her home, other people
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.78
that she'd talked to
later said, "Well, there's
00:38:06.88\00:38:08.88
no way you're getting
3ABN!" But what happened
00:38:08.98\00:38:11.72
was, she turned on
her television, and Pastor
00:38:11.79\00:38:15.49
Kenny was talking. She
said, "I had been weeping
00:38:15.59\00:38:18.63
for hours. I've
been questioning God for
00:38:18.76\00:38:21.60
hours. Everything I
had asked God about,
00:38:21.66\00:38:25.93
He answered one by
one by one." So, of
00:38:26.00\00:38:30.11
course, when she
called the ministry, we're
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.74
giving her all kinds
of books, trying to set
00:38:31.81\00:38:33.88
her up with churches,
and it's just beautiful!-
00:38:33.98\00:38:36.95
beautiful what God
does through this ministry.
00:38:37.05\00:38:40.48
Brother Jim used to
say, "The gospel's free, but
00:38:40.58\00:38:44.65
it takes a lot to
get it out," and that's
00:38:44.72\00:38:46.76
true! It's true.
We need the finances.
00:38:46.82\00:38:50.13
And when you start
studying about finances,
00:38:50.19\00:38:52.99
you always talk about
sacrifice. And sister,
00:38:53.06\00:38:56.10
when you mentioned
leaving the world, the
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.90
music, it was a
sacrifice! But we're going to
00:38:58.97\00:39:02.27
sacrifice for what
we love-for what's more
00:39:02.34\00:39:06.17
important. So, if we
love the gospel and we
00:39:06.24\00:39:08.84
love salvation of people,
we're going to sacrifice;
00:39:08.91\00:39:12.25
we're going to give.
Let me tell one more-
00:39:12.31\00:39:14.85
just quick
story When I'm talking
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.09
about sacrifice, we
had a Christmas cactus. It
00:39:17.19\00:39:20.52
never would bloom.
We're talking about
00:39:20.62\00:39:23.53
year in giving, so a
Christmas cactus that
00:39:23.59\00:39:25.89
never bloomed. Most
people would probably
00:39:25.99\00:39:27.80
throw it out. But
my stepfather, he had
00:39:27.86\00:39:30.57
dedicated that
Christmas cactus to the Lord and
00:39:30.67\00:39:34.10
he said, "Father,
for every bloom that this
00:39:34.20\00:39:37.87
Christmas cactus
has, I'm going to donate a
00:39:37.91\00:39:41.14
dollar to the Lord's
work." It never stopped
00:39:41.24\00:39:45.01
blooming. That thing
filled up with bloom.
00:39:45.11\00:39:48.05
It bloomed for
years and years and years.
00:39:48.12\00:39:51.89
So, the point is...
Yeah! But we can come
00:39:51.95\00:39:57.49
up with things like
that. We can dedicate it to
00:39:57.56\00:39:59.86
Christ to help
support this work, to support
00:39:59.93\00:40:04.47
the three angels'
messages, to continue
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.80
to get the message
out. - Could I just add one
00:40:06.87\00:40:09.30
quick thing that I
just hope you all will
00:40:09.37\00:40:10.77
touch on? It's not just
going over the television
00:40:10.84\00:40:15.88
satellite, now-it's
not just radio waves-
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.78
but the internet!
Our internet presence, if
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.85
you will talk
about that, 'cause we're
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.49
reaching all kinds of
people. I was contacted-
00:40:23.55\00:40:26.96
not going to tell
you by whom- but a big,
00:40:27.02\00:40:30.86
big megachurch,
asking me to come preach on
00:40:30.93\00:40:34.46
grace because they
got online and were
00:40:34.53\00:40:37.10
watching messages from
The Grace Pipeline! So,
00:40:37.20\00:40:40.97
it tells you we're
reaching people of all
00:40:41.00\00:40:44.07
different kinds of
denominations or no
00:40:44.14\00:40:46.37
belief at all! - And
Mr. Danny, this program is
00:40:46.47\00:40:49.24
really about
saying thank you to Jesus,
00:40:49.34\00:40:50.95
isn't it?- for what
He's done? The souls
00:40:51.05\00:40:53.15
that are coming to
the knowledge of Jesus
00:40:53.21\00:40:54.95
Christ. We're
thanking you at home that God
00:40:55.02\00:40:57.82
is using you as a
vessel to support the ministry
00:40:57.92\00:41:00.92
of 3ABN. 3ABN is still
a faith-based ministry,
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.23
isn't it, Mr. Danny?
- Absolutely. - For 34
00:41:04.29\00:41:05.69
years, we're not
supported by anyone
00:41:05.76\00:41:07.53
but the donors. And
God has worked it out! I
00:41:07.60\00:41:11.13
know sometimes, it's
gotten tight, but God
00:41:11.20\00:41:13.30
has provided every
one of our needs. - It's
00:41:13.37\00:41:15.44
tight this year!
- It is. Yeah. - But
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.04
by the end of the
year, we're going to be able
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.47
to share how God got
us through. - I think
00:41:19.51\00:41:23.38
what we should
actually put up right now is
00:41:23.48\00:41:25.08
actually ways that
people could actually
00:41:25.15\00:41:26.48
contact. We have a
little lower third we
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.98
wanted to put up, as
well. I always liked this
00:41:28.08\00:41:31.25
about you, too, Mr.
Danny. You never said,
00:41:31.35\00:41:32.79
"Okay, we need
exactly this amount of money."
00:41:32.89\00:41:35.62
It's like, "Whatever the
Holy Spirit is impressing
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.93
you." The one
lady was able to give a
00:41:37.99\00:41:39.79
dollar that just
came in to 3ABN, and
00:41:39.86\00:41:43.37
I believe that that
was a sacrifice for her-
00:41:43.43\00:41:44.83
for other people that
you can give more than
00:41:44.90\00:41:46.70
a dollar to the ministry of
3ABN, like you were mentioning,
00:41:46.80\00:41:49.70
Pastor Kenny, is souls.
This money, money, money,
00:41:49.77\00:41:52.47
but it's souls,
souls, souls. And you can't
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.98
put a price on a
soul! So we should mention
00:41:55.04\00:41:57.58
how people can do
that since this is year-end
00:41:57.68\00:41:59.51
giving. - Absolutely.
You can contact 3ABN.
00:41:59.58\00:42:01.95
We would love to hear
from you. Give us a call
00:42:01.98\00:42:04.65
at (618) 627-4651.
That number, again, is
00:42:04.72\00:42:09.86
(618) 627-4651 - or
you can donate online.
00:42:09.92\00:42:15.00
So many people use
online. We got PayPal
00:42:15.10\00:42:17.57
there, and it's so
easy to do that. Just go
00:42:17.63\00:42:19.83
to 3ABN.tv and click
on the donate tab, and
00:42:19.90\00:42:24.17
that's a perfect way
to do that. For any size
00:42:24.27\00:42:26.68
donation, we will
send you Celebrating His
00:42:26.74\00:42:30.35
Birth, which is a wonderful,
anointed Christmas project,
00:42:30.45\00:42:35.82
songs of the
season, that 3ABN produces.
00:42:35.88\00:42:39.32
It's a CD featuring various
artists. Of course Danny's
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.69
on it, Reggie and Ladye
Love Smith, Tammy Chance,
00:42:42.79\00:42:45.46
John Lomacang, sis
Yvonne Lewis, Katina
00:42:45.53\00:42:49.86
LaForge, Melody
Shelton-Firestone,
00:42:49.96\00:42:51.83
CA Murray, Tim Parton,
and others! So, there's
00:42:51.87\00:42:53.80
quite a few on
this, and it's a wonderful
00:42:53.87\00:42:56.10
project. I wanted to
touch on what Shelley
00:42:56.20\00:42:59.47
talked about. You can
watch 3ABN online, and
00:42:59.54\00:43:03.71
we're wanting to
encourage more people
00:43:03.78\00:43:07.08
to go online. I
know when we travel-Greg
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.15
and I were in
Sweden just a couple months
00:43:09.22\00:43:10.72
ago-and almost
everybody who came up to me,
00:43:10.79\00:43:13.46
they said, "Oh, I
watch 3ABN!" and they would
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.32
give the program that
they'd watch and how it
00:43:15.39\00:43:17.76
had ministered to
them. I said, "Well, how do
00:43:17.83\00:43:21.10
you watch?" Almost
everybody, "I watch
00:43:21.16\00:43:23.50
on YouTube." So, 3ABN
is on YouTube! On Demand,
00:43:23.57\00:43:29.74
those programs are
there. You don't have
00:43:29.80\00:43:31.81
to say, "I have to
wait till 6 o'clock to see
00:43:31.87\00:43:33.38
my favorite show on
3ABN." You can go to
00:43:33.44\00:43:36.28
YouTube, and the
programs are available
00:43:36.34\00:43:38.98
any time. So, I think
that's an exciting way
00:43:39.05\00:43:43.08
that 3ABN is seeking to
launch into more markets.
00:43:43.15\00:43:47.16
You know? We're on
satellite, but also
00:43:47.26\00:43:48.72
seeking those markets
as far as internet and
00:43:48.82\00:43:51.59
YouTube. - I just
saw Reggie and Ladye Love
00:43:51.69\00:43:54.40
Smith on Sunday?
with the Gaither Vocal
00:43:54.50\00:43:57.70
Band. They went to
a meeting. Of course,
00:43:57.77\00:43:59.77
they draw thousands
of people there. And
00:43:59.83\00:44:01.60
he said afterwards,
the gentleman came up to
00:44:01.67\00:44:04.67
him and he said he
was... What was his
00:44:04.74\00:44:07.68
position? - I think he
was the attorney general.
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.81
- Attorney general
and said, "I love 3ABN;
00:44:09.88\00:44:12.88
I watch it all
the time!" He said, "I
00:44:12.95\00:44:15.02
watch you, Reggie, on
3ABN all the time." So
00:44:15.12\00:44:18.39
Ladye Love's like, "I
bet you President Trump
00:44:18.49\00:44:21.39
watches, 'cause if HE
does, and these people-
00:44:21.46\00:44:24.93
and he's watching all
these religious channels
00:44:24.99\00:44:26.96
at night," so we
say you never know who's
00:44:27.03\00:44:29.93
watching, whether it's
the prisoners at Guantanamo
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.23
Bay, whether it's
in the White House or
00:44:32.33\00:44:34.37
whether, in this
case, the attorney general
00:44:34.44\00:44:36.67
of the United
States... So, it's amazing the
00:44:36.74\00:44:40.18
opportunity, the doors
that we have-but again,
00:44:40.24\00:44:43.98
we can't do it
without you, so thank you for
00:44:44.05\00:44:45.81
your love, your
prayers, and financial support.
00:44:45.85\00:44:48.12
We could tell
many, many stories about
00:44:48.18\00:44:51.09
opposition, but we
don't care about it.
00:44:51.15\00:44:52.99
It's gone. Greater
is He that is in us than
00:44:53.05\00:44:55.49
he that is in the
world. Lives change.
00:44:55.56\00:44:58.19
We were on the air
just for a few years.
00:44:58.29\00:45:00.43
A woman in a local
area gave her heart
00:45:00.50\00:45:02.76
to the Lord, started
coming to our church,
00:45:02.86\00:45:04.67
her grown son who
lived with her was so
00:45:04.77\00:45:07.14
angry that he
said, "I am going to stop
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.50
this. I've got to get
them, 3ABN off the air."
00:45:09.60\00:45:13.17
We had a 30-foot
dish, big dish, and had a
00:45:13.27\00:45:16.04
huge metal frame.
It's still out there in the
00:45:16.11\00:45:18.35
original uplink
area. So, he drove out
00:45:18.45\00:45:21.78
around midnight. Pastor
Rick Odle was working in
00:45:21.85\00:45:25.35
master control at the
time, and he said that
00:45:25.39\00:45:28.12
somebody was beating
on the door. It was just
00:45:28.19\00:45:30.79
Rick there at night,
and so he went to the
00:45:30.89\00:45:33.23
door and he said he
knew this guy. He was
00:45:33.33\00:45:35.60
just crying, crying.
He said, "What's wrong?"
00:45:35.66\00:45:37.73
He said, "I was so
angry my mother has joined
00:45:37.83\00:45:41.14
this church, then I
decided that I'm going
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.81
to run into your
dish. So I brought my truck
00:45:43.87\00:45:46.27
and I'm trying to
knock it so that you'd go off
00:45:46.37\00:45:49.24
the air 'cause I hate
it," and he said, "before
00:45:49.34\00:45:52.18
I even get within
20 feet of it, it's
00:45:52.31\00:45:55.98
like a hit a
concrete wall." He said, "I've
00:45:56.05\00:45:58.25
driven all around and
I keep trying to hit this
00:45:58.35\00:46:01.62
dish, and I can't get
within 20 feet. I give
00:46:01.69\00:46:05.59
up. I know this
must be a God. Can you
00:46:05.66\00:46:08.90
pray with me?" So,
Rick prayed with him
00:46:08.96\00:46:10.90
and he started
coming to church. I mean, we
00:46:10.97\00:46:13.10
could tell those stories,
I'm telling you, over the
00:46:13.23\00:46:15.60
years. He couldn't get
near the dish, and there
00:46:15.70\00:46:18.07
was no fence around
it. We had no fence.
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.68
There was no reason
why you couldn't run
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.21
in and do it. The
angels of God encampeth
00:46:22.31\00:46:25.11
roundabout. - Just
a couple weeks ago at
00:46:25.18\00:46:29.28
our local Thompsonville
church-you're talking
00:46:29.38\00:46:31.15
about the Marion church
which is, what, 20 miles
00:46:31.22\00:46:32.99
from us. Just had a
couple walk in and the
00:46:33.09\00:46:35.96
guy said, "I'm a
Seventh-Day Adventist."
00:46:36.02\00:46:37.59
This was their second
time, actually, to our
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.39
church, first time
for me to meet him, been
00:46:39.43\00:46:41.23
watching 3ABN for
a number of years,
00:46:41.26\00:46:43.53
decided to check out
3ABN- or the church, the
00:46:43.60\00:46:46.30
Thompsonville
church. And there's another
00:46:46.33\00:46:47.80
couple that's come-
- Said he is by faith.
00:46:47.87\00:46:50.04
In other words, he
doesn't really, but he
00:46:50.11\00:46:51.84
considers that- -
Thank you for clarifying
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.88
that. - For watching.
- Yeah, from watching.
00:46:53.94\00:46:55.28
Thank you for clarifying
that. Yeah, absolutely.
00:46:55.31\00:46:56.64
He said, "I feel
that I am a Seventh-Day
00:46:56.71\00:46:58.05
Adventist," and so
he's so excited to be
00:46:58.08\00:46:59.98
here, attending our
church. There's another
00:47:00.02\00:47:01.88
couple 10 miles
away from Galatia, little
00:47:01.98\00:47:04.12
town from
Galatia. Know them? He and
00:47:04.22\00:47:07.72
his sister are coming
to our church, as well,
00:47:07.79\00:47:10.99
from watching 3ABN and
listening to the radio.
00:47:11.06\00:47:13.36
Yeah, lives are
being touched and it's very
00:47:13.40\00:47:15.70
exciting. -
Quickly, I met another-it's
00:47:15.76\00:47:17.83
a world-renowned
politician; very well
00:47:17.87\00:47:20.84
known-and he said,
"I just want to tell you
00:47:20.90\00:47:24.01
something. I know who
you are. I watch you on
00:47:24.07\00:47:26.54
3ABN. Now, I'm a
totally different denomination,
00:47:26.61\00:47:32.11
but I tell everybody
when I'm talking to them,
00:47:32.18\00:47:35.32
'You do not want to
get into a religious
00:47:35.42\00:47:37.69
conversation or a
theology discussion with a
00:47:37.75\00:47:41.36
Seventh-Day
Adventist, because they have the
00:47:41.46\00:47:46.09
truth.' I started
watching you because
00:47:46.19\00:47:48.40
of your music; I
love your music." And this
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.57
guy was known all
around America, maybe
00:47:50.67\00:47:54.40
around the world for
many, many years, but
00:47:54.47\00:47:56.71
he said, "The truth
that you all are giving
00:47:56.74\00:47:59.01
helps me tremendously."
[Amen.] - We receive in
00:47:59.04\00:48:02.91
the office what we
call "good letters." People
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.31
write in and say
what the ministry has done
00:48:05.38\00:48:07.78
for them. And I
think, Jason and Francine, do
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.82
you have any good
letters? - Absolutely!
00:48:09.88\00:48:11.85
- Can you share a
letter with us? - Would
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.25
you like to start
or you would like me?
00:48:13.29\00:48:14.62
- Go ahead. - Okay.
So, we received a letter,
00:48:14.66\00:48:17.93
and it said, "I
just found 3ABN this past
00:48:17.99\00:48:21.96
August. Where has
this network been all my
00:48:22.03\00:48:25.30
life?" [laughter]
"You have a truly Christian
00:48:25.40\00:48:29.44
network, and I
watch every day. I can't
00:48:29.54\00:48:32.97
get enough of it. I
love Symbols and Signs-
00:48:33.07\00:48:36.61
what a blessing. I
think your godly programming
00:48:36.68\00:48:40.52
has changed my life,
and making me a whole
00:48:40.58\00:48:44.55
Christian." Now, isn't
that nice? I think that
00:48:44.62\00:48:47.09
for me, as well.
I want to be a whole
00:48:47.19\00:48:49.09
Christian. It says,
"I believe God's advent
00:48:49.19\00:48:54.23
movement is the blueprint
for us all as followers
00:48:54.33\00:48:58.37
of Christ on earth.
Thank you for touching
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.57
my life. I thank You,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:49:01.70\00:49:05.77
for you all."
[Amen!] Isn't that amazing?
00:49:05.84\00:49:09.14
I thought of a Bible
verse in 1 Corinthians.
00:49:09.24\00:49:13.68
This is from the
King James; it says, "Let
00:49:15.05\00:49:16.85
a man so count of us as
of ministers of Christ and
00:49:16.95\00:49:23.06
stewards of the
ministry of God. Moreover, it
00:49:23.12\00:49:27.86
is required in
stewards that a man be found
00:49:27.96\00:49:32.23
faithful." Praise the
Lord that 3ABN is here
00:49:32.33\00:49:36.91
to share the good
news. However, we need more
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donors like you. We
need people who have
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watched who may not
have given! We encourage you
00:49:45.21\00:49:48.85
to be a part of this,
and we want to partner
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with you. So
please, come join us. And
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again, I want to
thank all of you who have
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donated, who have
provided resources
00:49:57.36\00:50:00.50
to us and have been
great stewards as we
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are trying to be
stewards of what the
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Lord has given us.
So thank you. [Amen!]
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- You want to
read one in 30 seconds?
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- Well, I'll make it
real quick. This one's
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from Nairobi,
Kenya. It expresses the
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appreciation and
efforts reaching and teaching
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people. This person is
also a school teacher in
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Kenya, and wanted to
model his Sabbath school
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lessons with the ones
that are aired on 3ABN.
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And again, it's
setting that role model, and it
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says, "Thank you for
uplifting God's message.
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God has blessed your
presentation in the holy
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Word." So, again,
we don't know how far-
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it's just planting
that seed. Even coworkers
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that I've worked with-
it's just planting that
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seed for, again,
winning those souls. [Amen.]
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- That's what it's all
about. We've referenced
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this one dollar this
whole program, so I want to
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read you all the letter
in the remaining seconds
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we have. "Dear
Jill," it just came in this
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week. "Enclosed is
my donation to 3ABN. I
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am a disabled
senior on very low-fixed
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income and
battling cancer. Please pray
00:51:03.56\00:51:06.93
for me." And she
sent one dollar. So, know,
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my sister, that we
are praying for you, that
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you are part of the
3ABN family, and that that
00:51:14.40\00:51:16.77
one dollar is going
to change the world. It's
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going to multiply,
and many, many souls will
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be in the kingdom. -
Amen. - We're almost done with
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the one hour. - We
are. - Praise the Lord you
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can't get tired of
doing that. What we
00:51:29.42\00:51:31.95
want to do right now
is actually put up on your
00:51:32.05\00:51:33.59
screen- we talked
about donating, supporting
00:51:33.66\00:51:35.32
the ministry of
3ABN, brother Jason has
00:51:35.39\00:51:37.23
talked about we need
more donors. I like that.
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.09
So, if you've never
donated to the ministry
00:51:39.16\00:51:41.43
of 3ABN, we want
to encourage you to do
00:51:41.46\00:51:43.26
that. For those of
you that have been and
00:51:43.33\00:51:45.43
continue to do so,
thank you for that.
00:51:45.50\00:51:47.00
We want to put up
3ABN's contact information
00:51:47.07\00:51:48.90
right now. - If you
would like more information,
00:51:48.97\00:51:53.88
please contact us here
at 3ABN. Our phone number
00:51:53.94\00:51:57.88
is area code (618)
627-4651. That's (618) 627-4651.
00:51:57.98\00:52:07.52
You may also write to
us at 3ABN Post Office
00:52:07.62\00:52:11.36
Box 220 West Frankfort,
Illinois 62896. Again,
00:52:11.43\00:52:17.60
our address is
3ABN Post Office Box 220
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West Frankfort, Illinois, 62896.
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